This year’s BET Hip Hop Awards hosted by Snoop Dogg celebrated the hottest names in hip hop today. But things have changed since the very first ceremony back in 2006, when comedian Katt Williams was host and Jay Z won the coveted Hip Hop Hustler award. Get a kick out of these amazing throwback photos of Lil Wayne, Remy Ma, T.I. and more from the Hip Hop Awards’ debut.

Remy Ma was all set yesterday to marry her boyfriend, Papoose, but the ceremony was broken up before it could even get started after her husband-to-be was found to be carrying a key used to unlook handcuffs. Nice try, Papoose! Her man was kicked out of Riker’s and is not allowed to return for six months. But not to worry – Remy’s gonna be there for plenty of time, he’ll get his visit! The rapper was just sentenced to eight years in jail for “assault, weapon possession and attempted coercion.”

Remy, who is just 26, apparently sobbed as the sentence was read and told the judge, “I’m not a thug. … I’m not a hard-core anything, I have feelings. I’m a wife, mother, daughter, big sister.” She plans to appeal the verdict and wed Papoose. Let’s hope she succeeds with both. [VH1 News]

If you think a little thing like an attempted murder charge is going to shut Remy Ma up, think again. The outrageous hip-hop gangstress runs her mouth in the January/February issue of XXL, and the result is nothing short of her best performance in ages. Here are a few of her more…reckless quotes:

On women:

“I don’t like bitches. And I say ‘bitches,’ becasue if you have a p****, you’re a bitch. Even if you’re two-years-old. Like, look at this little bitch on the slide! Look at this little bitch with her Barbie in the playground!”

On how her life has changed since the attempted-murder charges:

“One of the first shows after it happened, I’m in the bathroom and this girl kept bumping into me. I’m like, normally this is when her face would go through the mirror. And if I put her face through the mirro, it’s like, ‘See, I told you she’s violent!’”